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WorksheetsAfrica Today
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins
Which of the following is part of a country's infrastructure?
swimming pools
movie theaters
roads
art museums
What is the African Union?
an African workers' organization creating to fight for higher pay
an independent country located in West and Central Africa
the leading soccer team in Liberia
an international organization created to work toward African unity and economic development
Subsistence farmers survive by
growing food to sell on the market.
growing cash crops on large tracts of land.
growing only enough food to feed their families.
selling their farms and moving to the city.
Compared to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ghana is
extremely stable.
less stable.
about equally stable.
somewhat more stable.
Griots are similar to
painters, because they create images on paper.
baseball stars, because they are strong and athletic.
hip-hop artists, because they tell stories using rhythm and rhyme.
carpenters, because they build useful objects.
CHECK ALL that are correct. What types of items make up a country's infrastructure?
roads
bridges
hospitals
zoos
Which country did the greedy dictator Joseph Mobutu rule for more than 30 years?
Ghana
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Cameroon
Republic of the Congo
CHECK ALL that are correct. How does Ghana earn its greatest income?
gold
cacao
hydroelectricity
griots
subsistence farming
What are the two major ethnic groups in Rwanda?
Hutu and Tutsi
Zulu and Xhosa
Muslims and Hindus
Janjaweed and Kikuyu
What is a genocide?
an election of government officials
an attempt to destroy a whole group of people
the removal of an elected government
the changing of a nation's borders
What is the name for privately funded groups that try to solve environmental, social, and health problems during regional conflicts?
military relief organizations (MROs)
student political organizations (SPOs)
pro-environmental organizations (PEOs)
nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
What effect has HIV/AIDS had on countries in Southern and Eastern Africa?
It provides peacekeeping troops to the region.
It kills people and blocks economic development.
It contributes to poor transportation networks.
It reduces racial inequality in South Africa.
CHECK ALL that are correct. Which two religions are most widely practiced in the countries of Southern and Eastern Africa?
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Indigenous religions
Hinduism
CHECK ALL that are correct. What are some barriers to development in Southern and Eastern Africa?
unstable governments
lack of resources
poverty
corruption
lack of education
What is the main goal of the Muslim Brotherhood?
to make the government of Egypt follow Islamic law
to unite all Algerians
to give Egyptian Christians equal rights
to promote the use of Arabic instead of Tamazight
What does the term gross domestic product (GDP) per capita mean?
total value of all goods and services produced in a country in a year
total value of goods and services that belongs to each person
total value of a country's exports
total value of all goods and services produced in a country in a year, divided by the number of people in the country
What does a high human development index (HDI) say about a nation?
It imports more than it exports.
It has a unified religion and culture.
It has a democratic government.
It offers its citizens a high standard of living.
CHECK ALL that are correct. What factors do the human development index (HDI) measure?
average life expectancy
education
income
What is the name for the idea that government should be separate from religion?
Islamism
secularism
monarchy
polytheism
In which nation are Copts an important minority?
Morocco
Algeria
Egypt
Libya
